February Revolution
This 1917 event started because people were hungry and women protested in Petrograd.
What is the February Revolution?
The war started in _ and ended in _.
What are 1914 and 1918?
Russia entered WW1 in 1914 on the side of these countries.
What are the Allies?
During the war, wages fell while this went up fast.
What is inflation?
As conditions worsened at this time, what 2 actions became normalized in Russian Cities.
What are riots and looting?
Over this many workers crowded the streets of Petrograd to protest during the February Revolution.
What is over 200,000?
Russian morale collapsed because they kept getting these on the battlefield.
What are repeated defeats?
Russian soldiers lacked food and supplies, this leader made things worse by taking personal command of the army.
Who is Tsar Nicholas II?
Coal shortages during the war caused many Russian cities to lack this.
What is heating?
Russian cities struggled because people didn’t have enough of this basic necessity.
What is food?
When told to shoot protesters, many soldiers did this instead.
What is refuse or join the protesters?
As the war dragged on, Russia’s economy suffered major shortages and widespread _.
What is hunger?
The government financed the war by doing this, which caused inflation.
What is printing money?
This man’s influence over the royal family damaged the government’s reputation.
Who is Rasputin?
Public unrest grew due to severe food shortages and anger toward this group.
What is the government?
The Tsar's troops opened fire, killing around 40 unarmed protesters escalating unrest.
What is the Bloody Sunday massacre of 1905?
Russians were in an unrest and struck against which group.
What is the government?
Russia suffered approximately this many soldiers killed during WWI.
What is around 2 million?
Russia lost badly at these 2 battles.
What are the Tannenberg and Mansurian Lakes?
Workers across Russia throughout 1917 stopped working and demanded change by doing this.
What are going on strike?
A provisional government was formed on March 12.
What was the Duma?
This major political change ended the monarchy and temporarily replaced it with a new government.
What are the Romanovs and the rise of the Provisional Government.
Food couldn’t reach cities because this transportation system broke down.
What are the railroads?
By 1917, elites stopped trusting this leader.
Who is Tsar Nicholas II?
Russian cities became overcrowded as many of these people came in from the front lines.
What are refugees?